FCE 2 newbie question -- how to log clips and capture later?

[sb]

You only have three choices:

Capture the clips as you log them.
Capture the whole tape and then cut them out.

Upgrade to FCP4

 sb


 On 1/13/04 11:45 PM, "Gordon B. Alley" <galley at texas.net> wrote:

> I've used iMovie, and just yesterday I purchased Final Cut Express 2
> from a local Mac dealer.
> 
> I've been going through the Getting Started manual and the Help file.
> I can understand how to capture clips using the Capture Clip and
> Capture Now buttons.
> 
> And I think I understand how the Capture Project will capture or
> re-capture selected clips using the In and Out timecodes that have
> previously been logged for those clips.
> 
> What I don't get is how to actually log those clips without capturing
> them. I play back video from the camcorder, and select the In and Out
> points. But I don't see what I'm supposed to do to get FCE to save
> that information for that clip and proceed to the next one without
> hitting the Capture Clip button, and thereby capturing the actual
> video. Clicking on the clapboard button next to the Shot/Take field
> increments the clip name, but that doesn't appear to create a new
> clip in the browser window.
> 
> I suspect I'm missing something fairly obvious.
> 
> The project I'll ultimately be working on has a couple of hours of
> raw video. I'd like to log both tapes, and then select just the clips
> I want to capture for editing (hopefully ending up with about 20
> minutes of edited material).
> 
> I'm running FCE 2 on an iMac G4 800 with 1GB RAM.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.